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Multimodal expression of emotion: affect programs or componential appraisal patterns?

Klaus R Scherer1, Heiner Ellgring2

  • 1Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva.

Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|March 14, 2007
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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human Behavior

Background:

  • Previous research analyzed multimodal emotion portrayals (facial, vocal, gestural, body movement) by actors separately.
  • Basic emotion theories propose fixed neuromotor affect programs for prototypical emotional expressions.
  • Componential appraisal theories suggest emotional expression varies based on appraisal checks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the extent to which actors use prototypical multimodal configurations for different emotions.
  • To test predictions of basic emotion theories regarding fixed expressive patterns.
  • To explore the consistency of emotional expression with componential appraisal theories.

Main Methods:

  • Secondary analysis of a combined dataset of actors' emotion portrayals across multiple modalities.

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  • Examination of multimodal configurations of expressive actions.
  • Identification of clusters representing combined expressive behaviors.

    • Main Results:

    • Several coherent unimodal clusters of expression were identified.
    • Only three distinct multimodal clusters emerged: agitation, resignation, and joyful surprise.
    • Joyful surprise was the only cluster specific to a particular emotion; others were not emotion-specific.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings reveal variable multimodal expressions rather than fixed, prototypical patterns for most emotions.
    • Results support componential appraisal theories, suggesting emotional expression is dynamically driven by appraisal processes.
    • The study challenges the universality of basic emotion theories' predictions for multimodal emotional expression.